President Donald Trump has revealed his administration's plans for the country of Iran after slamming the 2015 nuclear deal as "incompetently drawn." President Donald Trump says he will "decertify" the 2015 agreement, but stopped short of pulling out of the deal all together

In a White House speech Friday, the president declared that the landmark Iran nuclear deal is not in America’s national security interests, according to U.S. officials and outside advisers to the administration. Trump says Iran is not living up to the “spirit” of the nuclear deal.

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Trump notified Congress that he is “decertifying” the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, arguing that while Iran may be complying with the letter of the agreement, the accord itself is not sufficient to be in U.S. interests.

Trump kicked the issue to Congress, telling lawmakers to toughen the law that governs U.S. participation and to fix a series of deficiencies in the agreement. Those include the expiration of several key restrictions under “sunset provisions” that begin to kick in in 2025, he said.

Congress will have 60 days to determine a path forward. If Congress does not act quickly enough, Trump said the nuclear agreement will be terminated.

"Our participation can be cancelled by me as president at any time," Trump said.

Trump’s speech outlined specific faults he finds in the accord, but will also focus on an array of Iran’s troubling non-nuclear activities, four officials and advisers said. Those include Tehran’s ballistic missile program, support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and other groups that destabilize the region, including in Yemen. The president also says his administration will slap Iran's Revolutionary Guard with more sanctions for supporting terrorism.

Several core elements of the plan include "neutralizing the Government of Iran’s destabilizing influence and constraining its aggression, particularly its support for terrorism and militants," according to the White House. Administration officials add that "most importantly" the president intends to deny Iran "all paths to a nuclear weapon."

The move doesn't amount to ripping up the Iran nuclear accord as he promised to do as a candidate.Trump has vocally vocally opposed to the deal on the campaign trail and since taking office.

Under U.S. law, Trump faced a Sunday deadline to notify Congress whether Iran is complying with the accord that was painstakingly negotiated over 18 months by the Obama administration and determine if it remains a national security priority. Although Trump will allow that Iran is living up to the letter of the agreement, he will make the case that the deal is fatally flawed and that its non-nuclear behavior violates the spirit of the regional stability it was intended to encourage, the officials and advisers said.

In September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned against the US backing out of the deal, and said the United States would pay a "high cost" if Trump exited the agreement.